by Linden Cheek | Nov 18, 2016 | Food Justice, Green Living
Food Labels: The Chaos of Supermarket Marketing Walk along any aisle of your local supermarket and you will be overwhelmed with options. Packages of hundreds of different products beckon out to you, claiming to “promote health” and be “all...
by Linden Cheek | Nov 16, 2016 | Food, Food Justice, Green Living, Systems Thinking, Waste
The statistics on food waste in the United States are staggering. According to the United Nations Environment Program, “in the USA, 30-40% of the food supply is wasted – equaling more than 20 pounds of food per person per month.” (emphasis added)...
by Linden Cheek | Oct 21, 2016 | Agriculture, Campus Community Garden, Food Justice, Green Design, Green Living, Office for Sustainability
QUIZ TIME 1. The next time a bee buzzes by your ear, you should… a. Swat at it, aiming for the kill b. Run away in panic c. Stop and admire one of nature’s most vital creatures Got your answer? The correct choice is (drum roll, please) C ! Although bees...
by Linden Cheek | Oct 12, 2016 | Agriculture, Food, Green Living, Managed Systems
This post is part 2 of a 2-part series about chicken. Read Part 1: “Chicken: The Universal Bird of the Modern World” Chicken. It is the most popular meat in the world, with people from every corner of the globe enjoying it regularly. In a previous post I...
by Linden Cheek | Sep 28, 2016 | Energy, Green Living, Housing
Whether out of a desire to save the planet or just to save a few bucks, everyone wants to use less energy. Most of us have heard that we can achieve this by changing the ways we heat and cool our living spaces, but many of us are reluctant to try this...
by | Sep 7, 2016 | Green Living, Housing, Off Campus Connections
Within sustainability, there is a field of study on the issue of resilience. According to the Ohio State University Center for Resilience, “Resilience is the capacity of a system to survive, adapt, and grow in the face of unforeseen changes, even catastrophic...
